Hell the state is smart enough not to pay for something that's not guaranteed.

The unkind are going to say that Texas doesn't have the money and that promises were made by politicians that didn't have the authority to make those promises.

I mean, it's not like Texas is in the middle of huge financial issues for the state guv'mint, or tremendous cutbacks in public education, or Republican politicians accusing other Republican politicians of getting into the F1 debacle. Right?